Instrument (Paco) Engineering Support Services at Western Development Company Limited

Western Development Company Limited is an Oil and Gas servicing company with about 25 years in the sector. Our experiences span Telecommunications, IT, Engineering, and Marine Services to mention but a few. We also employ and second manpower services, personnel and services to our customers.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Instrument (Paco) Engineering Support Services

Location: Warri, Delta

Roles and Responsibilities
The Paco/Instrumentation Support will be responsible for the following:

• Onsite responsibility for the safe supervision of technicians during work execution.
• Ensure performance assurance and proactive health checks of the associated components of the Robertshaw Panel integrated Control, Safety instruments and Fire & Gas Systems.
• Ensure periodic health checks on Human Machine Interface workstations and Servers. Systems fault diagnosis and recovery.
• Access and interpret Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID); Cause and Effects Matrix (C&E); Process Flow Scheme (PFS); Functional Logic Diagram (FLD); Instrument Loop Drawings (ILD) and Process Engineering Flow Scheme (PEFS) required for fault tracing and issues resolutions.
• Work closely with service Contractor(s) towards safe delivery of vendor-based maintenance jobs.
• Initiate and follow up with spares procurement towards expedited delivery for maintenance execution.
• Ensure technical integrity of assets through Preventive and Corrective Maintenance activities, quality assurance and performance standard verification of safety-critical equipment.
• Ensure field instrumentation availability and reliability towards meeting business targets on hydrocarbon processing and export operations.
• Maintain System availability for the continuous operation of the facility.
• Integrate with other disciplines to achieve Asset integrity continuously.
• Promotes site safety and continuous hazard identification, mitigation, and close-out.
• Other assignments for continuous improvements as exigent.

Work Cycle:

• The work location is SPDC North Bank Node and is accessible via land and Air.
• The job activity period is daily on a 12-hour (7 am to 7 pm) routine over 21 days.
• There is a standard 3 weeks on and 3 weeks off schedule.
• There may be a need for periodic visits to the Shell industrial area for training and official assignments.
• Personnel may be required to work extended hours as the need arises.

Work Experience

• Minimum of 3 - 5 years working experience in an oil and gas facility working as an Instrumentation Technician.
• Experience in any SPDC facility will be an added advantage.

Skills:

• Experience in actuator valves and ESD systems maintenance
• Experience in PAS and fire protection systems.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in Safeguarding systems maintenance.
• Field Instrumented Pneumatic / DCS systems.
• Experience in Delta V Systems.

Soft Skills:
(Added advantage):

• Ability to lead a team for the safe execution of tasks onsite.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision.
• Perform basic computer-related activities
• Knowledge of worksite hazard mgt and perimetry systems
• Ability to multitask effectively
• Communication & team working.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Good organizational skills
• Self-motivated and performs under minimal supervision.

Application Closing Date
28th January, 2024.